SparkNotes: Emotion: Sample Quiz Questions

1. Which one of the following is not one of the six universally recognizable, basic emotions described by Ekman and his colleagues?

(A) Surprise

(B) Fear

(C) Disgust

(D) Anxiety

2. Polygraphs detect which of the following?

(A) Hormone changes

(B) Cognitive appraisal

(C) Emotional experience

(D) Autonomic arousal

3. During emotional states, epinephrine and norepinephrine are released because of activation of which of the following?

(A) Sympathetic nervous system

(B) Cortex

(C) Thalamus

(D) Amygdala

4. What are display rules?

(A) Norms that inform people about appropriate emotional expression

(B) Rules that describe how polygraphs display data

(C) Norms for displaying autonomic responses during polygraph tests

(D) Displays of emotion that are not really felt

5. What is the part of the limbic system involved in regulating emotion?

(A) The cortex

(B) The hypothalamus

(C) The amygdala

(D) The adrenal

6. Keri feels relaxed after an hour spent caught in traffic because she sees it as an opportunity to listen to some good music. In the same situation, Jill feels frustrated and anxious because she sees it as a waste of valuable time. The difference in the way they feel can be attributed to which of the following?

(A) Different expressions of emotion

(B) Different biological responses to situations

(C) Different cognitive appraisals

(D) Different emotion work

7. According to the Cannon-Bard theory, what is the relationship between physiological arousal and the experience of emotion?

(A) People experience emotion because they experience physiological arousal

(B) The experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur simultaneously

(C) People have physiological arousal because they experience emotion

(D) None of the above

8. The statement We are afraid because we tremble is explained by which theory of emotion?

(A) Darwin’s theory

(B) The two-factor theory

(C) The James-Lange theory

(D) The Cannon-Bard theory

9. What is the galvanic skin response?

(A) An increase in the skin’s electrical conductivity

(B) A response that occurs when subjects secrete sweat

(C) A way of measuring emotion

(D) All of the above

10. Differences among emotions at the biological level are characterized by which of the following?

(A) Activation of different brain areas, different cognitive appraisals, different patterns of autonomic activity

(B) Different patterns of autonomic activity, different nonverbal behaviors, different neurotransmitters

(C) Different neurotransmitters, different patterns of autonomic activity, activation of different brain areas

(D) Activation of different brain areas, different nonverbal behaviors, different neurotransmitters